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Peer reviewedMcCaslin, Nellie – Children's Theatre Review, 1984
Traces standards and goals for children's theatre in America, since its founding in 1903. Outlines positive and negative aspects of children's theatre. (PD)
Descriptors: Children, History, Objectives, Theater Arts
Peer reviewedSalazar, Laura Gardner – Children's Theatre Review, 1985
Examines style in children's theatre, focusing on pantomime, vaudeville, and theatre of the absurd. Traces shifts in the appeal of these styles from adult to children's theatre and then possibly to extinction. (PD)
Descriptors: Audiences, Children, History, Literary Genres
Peer reviewedPillai, Janet – Children's Theatre Review, 1985
The author, an instructor from 1979-83 at the Children's Theatre Program of the Komplex Budaya Negara (National Cultural Complex), describes how children's theatre has evolved to achieve a distinct Malaysian identity by drawing from traditional theatre forms. (PD)
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, History
Peer reviewedSalazar, Laura Gardner – Children's Theatre Review, 1984
In the early 1900s adults found the theatre unsatisfactory entertainment for children. In the name of children's rights, children were forced out of the audience and off the stage of New York's professional theatres. (PD)
Descriptors: Censorship, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Dorothy T.; Bedard, Roger L. – Children's Theatre Review, 1984
Reviews the 40-year history of an association dedicated to the growth and development of children's theatre and child drama in the U.S. and abroad. (PD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Creative Dramatics, Drama
Peer reviewedOlsen, Dale A. – Music Educators Journal, 1979
Traces the history of public music performances in colonial New England, with emphasis on the development of theaters and concert halls. Drawings of several of these buildings are included. (SJL)
Descriptors: Building Design, Colonial History (United States), Concerts, Construction Costs
Rein, Lynn Miller – 1981
This book presents a concise history of the first 100 years of development of the school of speech at Northwestern University (Illinois). Following an introduction that provides an overview of the school, the first chapter focuses on both the efforts of Robert McLean Cumnock to found a school of oratory on the principles of elocution and the…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Alumni, Curriculum Development, Faculty
